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ENIC Plc, which controls three European soccer clubs, has said that European soccer authority UEFA's decision to block clubs with common ownership from playing each other in European competition is in breach of European Union law.
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A new crowd-pleasing motor-racing Grand Prix series featuring cars racing in the livery of Europe?s top soccer clubs is aiming to reach one billion viewers in its first season, sportbusiness.com can reveal.
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Eleven doping control laboratories were shown the "yellow card" by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for failing to comply with guidelines.
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NHL International, in conjunction with ESPN International, will distribute the 2000 NHL
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PR company Bell Pottinger Communications has a new role in sport.

France stayed ahead of Brazil atop of the FIFA world soccer rankings for a third straight month, while Germany climbed three places to fifth.
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The English National Investment Company (ENIC) has reported a pre-tax profit of #11million for the year ending 30 June 2000 on a turnover of #47.2m, up 15.9% from last year.
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News Corp and Liberty Media has announced that its joint venture Fox Sports International is to launch a sports television channel targeting viewers in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey.

A Czech company has sent 2,000 condoms, each tipped with a soccer ball and the flag of a participating nation, to the World Cup tournament in France.

The European Triathlon Union (ETU) has appointed the London-based television production company, Hothouse Productions, as its television and distribution partner.
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Celta Vigo's Russian international Valery Karpin is hoping to finish the season with the status of a European Union national after taking his case to a Madrid court this week.
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Anshutz Sports & Entertainment Group (AEG), the owners of the National Hockey League team the Los Angeles Kings and Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy, will invest in two Swedish clubs to expand its sporting assets outside the US.

A three-year agreement between the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and the NHL over compensation payments for players leaving IIHF-federations to find their fortune in the big money US league, is on the verge of being ratified.